Chime-mounting



L. 0. MORRIS.

' CHIME MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-7, 1919.

I Patented Dec 7,1920. I @g/ may occur in it.

LEONARD D. MORRIS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHIME MOUNTING.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application filed August 7, 1919. Serial No. 315,802.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD D. .Monnrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chime-Mountings,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to chime mountings and has for its primary object the provision of improved means for suspending chimes so as to permit the freest possible vibration thereof. Another object isto provide novel means for tightening'the cord on which a chime is hung,thus keeping the cord taut regardless of the slight stretching which A further object lies in the provision of an extremely cheap and readily assembled type of chime mounting;

and a still further object is the provision of a single piece frame plate adaptable to the mounting of chimes of various sizes and to the proper guiding of dampers for the mounted chimes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specfication and illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings: i

F igure, 1 isqa frontelevation of the invention as adapted to the mounting of three chimes, all of which have their lower portions broken away and one of which is axis ally sectioned.

Fig. 2 is a section taken online 2--2 of Fig. 1. I I I Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the frame plate of the present invention, showing certain cord holding pins and buttons in place thereon.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the cord-holding pins of the invention taken from the rear of the pin.

This invention is shown'but notclaimed in my co-pending application, Serial No.

315,801, filed August 7, 1919.

The main support for the present-invention comprises a horizontal wooden bar 10 against the forward vertical face 11 of which is screwed a frame plate 12. This plate comprises a piece of sheet metal punched to form depending arms 13 which are of such length and so spaced from each other as to accommodate between adjacent arms any ordinary'size and type of chime.-

' A cord holding button 14: is fixedly mounted on the lower end of each arm 13 and projects "forwardlytherefrom, each button being formed with a peripheral cord receiving groove 15. The buttons 14 are horizontally alined so that chime hanging cords may be stretched horizontally between them.

Above the arms 13 a horizontally alined series of pin receiving holes 16 is provided in plate 12, each preferably slightly tapered from front to back of the plate. These holes are arranged so that one pair of spaced holes 16 stands above the space between each pair of adjacent arms 13. A cord stretching pin is provided for each hole 16, these pins each comprising a screw shank 17 friction ally held in its plate hole 16, and a round head 18 eccentrically fixed on the shank and having a peripheral cord receiving groove 19.

For convenience three chimes, 21, 22 and,

PATENT orricE 23, are shown in Fig. 3. Each of thesefis' suspended by means of an endless cord 24, preferably of rawhide, which is slipped over two adjacent buttons 14 and the pair of When slipping the cords over the pins the pins 18 above and between those buttons.v

latter are rotated-40y means of screw-driver slots 25formed in their heads-to turn the greatest possible portion of the head of each will elongate when wetted and may be made v of such length that they will just slip over the buttons and inturned pins when in that condition. Upon dryingthe rawhide cords will shrink longitudinally, thus drawing each one so tightly over the buttons andinturned pins as to leave its lower, chime carrying reach 26 substantially horizontal and only very slightly bent downward under the weight of its chime. This latter condition of a rawhide cord is shown in the assembly of parts which supports chime 21 in Fig. 1. However, 'after sustaining the weightof a chime for some time, a new, dried cord may elongate slightly, causing theweight of the chimeas in the cord supporting chime 22 in Fig. 1-to bend the lower reach 26 far down. This greatly downbent condition' of the cord tends to interfere with the vibration of the chime, the, freest vibration thereofoccurring in a truly horizontal condition of the chime supporting portion ofv 3;.

the cord. To correct the looseness resulting from such elongation of a cord, one or both of the'pair of pins18 are turned out wardly as in the assembly of parts supporting chime 23, to interpose a larger portion of. each head 18 between the cord and the axis of shank 17 of the pin, thus elongating the grooved path over which the cord must pass. stretching the cord, and again drawing its lower reach 26 back to a substantially hOIl' zontal condition. The frictional enga emerit between shanks 17, Wood 10 and 4; 1e

walls of plateholes 16 serves to hold the pin heads 18 in this outtu-rned position against the weight and vibration of the chime' The grooves 15 of buttons 14 are of sufficient width to accommodate two thicknesses of cord'24, it being an advantage of this invention that, except for the extreme end buttons, each button 14 carries and holdstwo adjacent cords 24, this arrangement reducing to a minimum the number of buttons required. At 27 in chime 21 of Fig; 1 is shown, in section, the cord receiving tube, normally provided in modern chimes, axially traversing the chime near its upper," closed end,

.In the above mentioned, co-pending application, I have shown for each chime a chime dam-per carried on a vertical damper rod vertically movable to and from the top o-f'the chime. It is a further advantage of the present invention that, when punching outframe plate 12, it may be formed on its lower edge midway between adjacent armswith a 'forwardly" projecting tongue 28-, vertically apertured above the top of the chime to form a bearing for thedamper rod.

I claim; 1. In a chime mounting, the combination with a suitable frame, of a plurality of spaced cord holding members and a chime supporting cord passing about said members, one of the members being adjustable to take u-p slackv in said cord.

: 2. In a chime mounting the combination with a: suitable frame, of a plurality of spaced cord holding members, two of said members being horizontally alined, and a chime supporting cord passing about said members, one of the members being adjustable-to take-up slack in saidcord.

3; In a chime 'mounting,'thecombination with a suitable frame, of a pair of spaced, horizontally alined cord holding buttons fixedly'mounted therein, a pair' ofrotati-vely adjustable shanks frictionally wedged into theframe, a cord holding head eceentrically mounted on each shank, and anendless cord stretchedover said buttons and heads.

4. In a chime mounting, the combination with a, frame comprising'spaced depending arms,'of' a series of cord holding buttons fixed one on the lower end of each arm and horizontally alined, there being a pair of pins receiving holes provided in the frame aboveeach pair ofadjacent buttons; a pm 'for each of said holes comprising a cord,

holding head, and an eccentrically projecting shank for frictional engagement with thewall oftone of the holes, and an endless cord fitting tightly about each adjacent pair of-buttons and'their superposed pairof I pins. v V

5. In a chime mounting, the combination with a frame comprising a series'of spaced depending-arms, of a series of cord holding buttons fixed one on the lower end of each arm and horizontally alined', a pair of cord holdingpins mounted in the frame above each pair of adjacent buttons, in a common 7 plane with the buttons, and each adjustable eccentrically about an, axis angled'with res ect to said common plane, and an endless c ime supporting cord fitting abouteach set of two buttons and two pins."

6. In a chime mounting, the combination with a frame comprising a series of spaced depending arms, of aseries of cord holding buttons fixed one on the lower endof'each arm and horizontally alined, a pair of cord holding pins mountedin the frame above each pair of ad'acentbuttons, in a common plane with the uttons, and each adjustable eccentricall-y about an axis angled with respect to said common plane, and an endless chime supporting cord fitting about each set of two buttons and two pins; certain of said buttons holding overlapped portions of adjacent cords.

7 In a ch me mounting, the comblnation with a frame comprising a pair of spaced arms, of a pair of cord holding buttons fined one on the end of each arm, cord hold ng means inounted in the frame remote from said buttons and an endless chime support- 7 ing cord fitting about said buttons and means; said means being adjustable to'take with a frame comprising a pair of-spaced arms, of a pair of cord holding buttons fixed one on the end of each arm, cord holding means mounted in the frame remote from said buttons and-comprisinga head adjustable towardandfmm' the buttons, and an endless chime supporting cord fitting about said means and buttons and: formed ofa material which elongates when wetted and contracts longitudinally when dried.

10. A chime mounting comprising a fiat sheet of metal horizontally elongated, spaced parallel arms extending from one longitudinal edge thereof, a cord holding button on each arm, and a chime supporting cord engaged with adjacent buttons.

11. As an article of manufacture a chime mounting, frame, comprising a flat sheet of metal having one of its edges mutilated to form a series of spaced parallel coextensive arms and a metal tongue between each pair of adjacent arms.

12. As an article of manufacture, a chime mounting frame comprising a sheet of metal, provided with spaced chime supporting arms extending from a common edge thereof and formed to resist strains exertedv spaced arms projecting from one edge thereof; of a cord holding button fixed on each arm, and cord holding and tightening means mounted in the plate near'each pair of adjacent buttons.

LEONARD D. MORRIS. 

